Re: apple rgb monitor help needed

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

SUPRDAVE (suprdave@aol.com) wrote:
: i bought what i believe is an apple rgb monitor for $4 at a thrift store
: today. it's the same color as a //e, *heavy* it also has a 15 pin cable, a
: button that adjusts the display up and down automatically, and the right
: front corner flips open to show some controls. i hooked it up to may laser
: 128's video port, but im not getting anything. when i hit the power
: button, it makes what sounds like normal noises and i get some spurious
: characters on the screen but for just a moment, and nothing else after
: that. i dont see any kind of power light come on either. if i hit the
: power switch again, and let it set and then turn it on again, it does the
: same thing. what are the adjustments behind the hinged door? there's a
: push button there, but it doesnt seem to do anything. is there any way to
: hook up composite output to this display?

That's an Applecolor Monitor 100, which came out in '85 or so for //e's. You
can use it with an Apple extended 80 col/RGB interface or a RAMworks with
the add on RGB card. You are supposed to be able to use it with a III's
color video port but I haven't gotten around to trying that. They don't
work with //c's without some extra hardware, and probably the same for a Laser.
They're pretty slick though, especially for $4. The list on those was around
six bills.
There's a green power light in the power button which should light when it's
on. The green button is the green-only switch which puts the monitor into
sorta monochrome mode. The other controls are your basic brightness and 
contrast type adjustments.
My friends used to make fun of the electric screen tilter when I would show
it off :) You have to be careful not to bump the screen or you'll knock the
tilter part loose and then you have to open it up to fix it.
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Randy Shackelford                                 I was internet
shack@southwind.net                               when internet wasn't cool